Investment opportunities for German banks and insurances in Russia

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Banking Stock Exchanges Insurance Accounting grade: 14 University of Cooperative Education course: Doing business with Russia language: English abstract: Firstly this paper gives a brief overview of the current health of the Russian economy analyzing stability and current developments. Secondly the Russian banking real estate and insurance markets are analyzed and opportunities for investment are evaluated from a German point of view. Thirdly and lastly the author delivers an assessment of Russia's financial services sector as an investment target and future prospects.